Educator Resources
Growing Reader
Tween
Blending Fact and Fiction: A Q&A with Shelley Pearsall
We chatted with Shelley Pearsall, author of The Seventh Most Important Thing, about healing heartache with art, how fiction can connect us to the past, and more.
Tween
Not Just for the Laughs: The Value of Comedy in Middle Grade Reads
Chris Grabenstein shares the secret power of funny books for tween readers: When kids are laughing, they don't realize how much they're learning.
Growing Reader
Tween
Finding “Vision” Without Your Glasses
Shelley Pearsall, author of The Seventh Most Important Thing, discusses the importance of paying attention to the world, beyond what is right in front of us.
Growing Reader
Tween
Brightly's Book Club for Kids: The Seventh Most Important Thing
You'll will find a lot to love in Shelley Pearsall's middle grade novel about friendship, art, and compassion.
Growing Reader
Tween
Teen
The Read Ahead: Kid Lit News & Views — March 2016 Edition
The Read Ahead is a new series on Brightly that aims to explore current events, trends, and unique views in children’s and young adult literature.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
5 Tips for Raising Children With Active Imaginations
Author and early childhood education expert Erika Christakis shares five tips to help you open the imagination of your young child.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Hard Goodbyes: Books To Help Children Grieve the Death of a Pet
For many kids, the death of a pet is often their first experience of losing someone they love. These books sensitively address loss and offer hope for children in grief.
Baby & Toddler
Pre-K
Growing Reader
5 Books That Teach Kids What It Means to Be a Kind Person
These five books (and one bonus pick) are great places to start raising children who are kind caretakers of the people around them.
Tween
Advice from a Kid Author: How Grown-Ups Can Get Kids Writing
Jake Marcionette, bestselling kid author of the Just Jake series for middle-graders, shares his tips for grown-ups looking to inspire kids to write more.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Math Stories Your Child Will Actually Enjoy
Reading math-related stories is an easy way to work mathematics into your child’s daily life — without it feeling like a school assignment.
Growing Reader
Tween
A Grandmother’s Gift: A Q&A with Sharon M. Draper
We chatted with Sharon M. Draper, author of Stella by Starlight, about her inspiration for the book, her writing challenges, loving family, and good food.
Pre-K
Growing Reader
Tween
Sweet Books for Your Budding Chocolatier
If your child is a card-carrying chocoholic — the kind that prefers their s’mores without the superfluous graham crackers and marshmallows — here are a few sumptuously sweet books they’re sure to eat up.
